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Theranos

This company, founded in 2003 by a 19-year-old Stanford dropout, is the center of this book. After the author's investigative report on the company, it collapsed beginning in 2015.

Silicon Valley

This location in northern California is home to most of the country's major tech giants.

Apple

This company is one of the wealthiest tech companies in the world and its founder served as an idol to the book's central figure.

Needles

It was supposedly a fear of these medical devices that led Elizabeth Holmes to create her company.

The Edison

This prototype of a blood analysis machine, created by the central company in the book, was taken to many demonstrations despite the fact that it rarely worked as described.

The MiniLab

This was the second stage of product development at Holmes's company. However, it was no more consistently successful than the first prototype.

The Wall Street Journal

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